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Katie Schickel

Biography

Katie Schickel

Katie Schickel graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in English. A former newspaper reporter, Schickel's writing career and passion for scuba diving has taken her to Pensacola and Key West, FL, as well as throughout the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. She has been a freelancer for several scuba magazines, including Scuba Times magazine and Outside magazine. Schickel lives in Massachusetts, and is the author of HOUSEWITCH, her debut novel.

Books by Katie Schickel

by Katie Schickel - Fiction

Life on land is suffocating for Jess Creary, who wastes her summers flipping burgers for tourists on a fishing boat. After all, her older sister Kay died in a boating accident two years ago, her mother has disappeared, and her father isn't exactly dealing with things so well. Surfing and the handsome Captain Matthew are about the only bright spots in her life. When Jess catches the perfect wave on her 23rd birthday, she transforms into a mermaid and is reborn into a confident, powerful predator with superhuman strength. Now, she has 30 days to choose between land and sea; legs and fins; her humanity and her freedom.

by Katie Schickel - Fiction

Former foster child, now a stay-at-home mom of three, Allison Darling desperately wants to fit in with the latte drinking and hundred-dollar-yoga-pants wearing moms that run Monrovia, her charming seaside town. When her estranged mother passes away, her previously dormant special talents emerge. Suddenly caught between the rag-tag, hippie relatives she once so desperately wanted and the rich, charismatic Glamour Girls --- Allison is unsure where she fits in. Her decision to lend her powerful magical talents to either group will change Monrovia --- and Allison --- forever. Shickel's debut is Practical Magic-meets-"Desperate Housewives"-meets-"Witches of East End."